Jumping toy



No. 606,900 PatentedJuly 5, I898.

F. P. SHEK.

.IUMPING TOY.

(Application filed Dec. 2], 1897.)

(No Model.)

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FRANK P. SI-IEK, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

JUMPING TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,900, dated July 5, 1898.

Application filed December 21, 1897. Serial No. 662,906. (No model.)

To aZl whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK P. SHEK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jumping Toys, of which th following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in that class of toys in which a figure is made to perform the act of jumping rope, and is an improvement upon my former invention, for which Letters Patent No. 57 3,241 were granted to me December 15, 1896.

The invention consists of a jumping toy comprisinga suitable supporting-frame, a toy figure suspended in said frame, and means for imparting a jumping motion to said toy figure irrespective of the direction in which the rope is turned.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved jumping toy. Fig. 2 is a top view, and Fig. 3 is a section showing the tripping device;

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a suitable platform composed of an oblong base, upon which is secured at each end a supporting-standard a a. In the upper end of the standard a is arranged a suitable bearing for the wire H, representing the jumping-rope, At the upper end of the standard a is secured a rod 0, forming a support for the operative parts. The other end of the rope H is provided with a sleeve h, by means of which it is supported upon the rod 0, so as to revolve about the same. Upon the end of the sleeve 72. is rigidly secured a tripping device, which is preferably constructedin the form of a disk D and which revolves with the sleeve h when the rope H is rotated. The disk Dis cut away along a portion of its edge, forming the primary lugs or shoulders d d, which are located equal distance on either side of the rope H and are soarranged as to perform their tripping functionat the moment the rope passes beneath the feet of the figure. Upon the edge of the disk D is formed intermediately between the primary lugs an auxiliary lug 61 which also operates to trip at the moment the rope passes above the figure. The trippinglugs d d are so constructed that one will operate during the rotation of the rope in one direction and the othervdurin g the reverse r0- tation of the rope. From this construction it will be seen that the figure is caused to jump twice during'each rotation of the rope. By increasing the number of lugs d the figure can be made to jump as often as is desired during each rotation of the rope.

Pivoted to the end of the rod 0 is a holder E, consisting of two spring members which are adapted at one end to form a clamp e for holding the figure. A sliding ring 6 operates to lock the members of the clamp firmly about the waist of the figure. At the opposite end of the holder E the-spring members diverge, so as to form two tripping-levers e 6 which extend on either side of the disk D, close to the edge thereof, so as to be struck by the lugs d d 61 upon the rotation of the disk D. In order to prevent the undue spreading of the tripping-levers e e a rod 2 is loosely held in perforations in said levers and is provided with a head at each end. This rod 6 is so arranged as to pass beneath the rod 0 and thus serves as a stop for the holding device, preventing the same from descending too far. be extended on the other side of the standard a, so as to form a support for a small chair-swing, in which a doll may be placed, as 'shownin Fig. 1, thus adding to the attractiveness of the toy to children.

WVhen the rope H is rotated in one direction, one of the lugs 61 61 will strike one of the tripping-levers (2 e which will raise the figure and allow the rope to pass beneath. The figure descends as the lug passes beyond the tripping-lever, thus giving the impression of rope-jumping. The same result will follow on turning 'the rope in the reverse direction.

It is obvious that many changes may be made in the details of the construction above described without departing from the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A jumping toy, comprising supportingstandards, a rope journaledin one of said standards, a tripping-disk rotatably secured to the opposite standard and connected with said rope, said tripping-disk being provided with primary tripping-lugs and an interme- If desired, the rod 0 may diate tripping-lug, and a holding device supported between said standards and provided with tripping-levers extending at either side of said disk and adapted to be operated by said tripping-lugs, substantially as set forth.

2. A jumping toy comprising supporting standards, a rod secured in one of said standards, a rope journaled in the other standard and provided with a sleeve rotatably secured to said rod, a disk secured to said sleeve and provided With tripping-lugs, and a holding device pivoted to said rod and provided with tripping-levers extending upon either side of said disk, and adapted to be operated by said tripping-lugs, substantially as set forth.

3. A jumping toy comprising supportingstandards, a rod secured in one of said stand- FRANK P. SHEK.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, GEO. W. JAEKEL. 

